Douw Calitz
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Nationality | Namibian | ||||||||||||||
Born | Pietermaritzburg, South Africa | 30 December 1974||||||||||||||
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Sport | Lawn bowls | ||||||||||||||
Club | TransNamib BC | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Douw Calitz (born 30 December 1974) is a South African born international lawn bowls player from Namibia who was the 2003 World Singles Champion of Champions.
Bowls career
[edit]World Championships
[edit]Calitz has competed for Namibia at five World Bowls Championships in 1996 and 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016.[1]
Commonwealth Games
[edit]Calitz has represented Namibia at six Commonwealth Games in 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2014 and 2018.[2] This constitutes a record number of appearances for Namibia at the Commonwealth Games.
Other events
[edit]In 2003 he became the World Singles Champion of Champions defeating Darren Burnett of Scotland in the final.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Participants, events and medals". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "Athletes Biography". CGF.com.
- ^ "Calitz: first champ of champs". BBC Sport.
External links
[edit]- Douw Calitz at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived) (1994–2014)
- Douw Calitz at the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Douw Calitz at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Douw Calitz at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)